ImageKit · Rate Limits

Imagekit Rate Limits

ImageKit applies a two-tier rate limiting system to all API endpoints except the Upload API. Limits are applied at the account level. Exceeding limits returns HTTP 429 with an X-RateLimit-Reset header indicating the milliseconds to wait before retrying.

Imagekit Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for ImageKit on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 5 rate-limit definitions.

Limit state is signalled in the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-RateLimit-Interval, and x-ik-requestId response headers.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

Tagged areas include Image, Video, CDN, Media, and Optimization.

5 Limits X-RateLimit-LimitX-RateLimit-ResetX-RateLimit-Intervalx-ik-requestId
Method: generated.
Written by API Evangelist and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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ImageVideoCDNMediaOptimizationTransformationDigital Asset ManagementStorageCacheUpload

Limits

Read Request Burst Limit account
· per 1 second
Read Request Sustained Limit account
· per 1 second (sustained average)
Write Request Sustained Limit account
· per 1 second (sustained average)
Up to 20 req/sec for short bursts on write endpoints.
Cache Purge Request Limit account
Upload API account

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